Anna Hazare

In here we give the latest news of Anna Hazare and his movements. Anna Hazare is a social reformer who took a voluntary retirement from Indian Army in 1975 and started working for reforming of the society.

In here we give the latest news of Anna Hazare and his movements. Anna Hazare is a social reformer who took a voluntary retirement from Indian Army in 1975 and started working for reforming of the society.

In his whole life he played a crucial role in the amendment of several constitutional acts like Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 and Maharashtra Right to Information Act.

His movement and struggles also led in the implementation of Right to Information Act 2005 and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act 2006 of Maharashtra state.

With the collective efforts of his team a Jan Lokpal Bill, which serves for transparency in Indian government and official work to eradicate corruption, was introduced by the Government in Lok Sabha.

He has also helped in the transformation of Ralegaon Siddhi a small village in Maharashtra.

He received Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Shri in 1990 for his social work.

May 3, 2012 at 12:07 PM

Gwalior, May 3 (ANI): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has expressed disappointment over the political fraternity's reactions, including Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, to his comment that several corrupt politicians and people with criminal backgrounds occupy seats in parliament.

May 3, 2012 at 12:06 PM

Gwalior, May 3 (ANI): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has expressed disappointment over the political fraternity's reactions, including Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, to his comment that several corrupt politicians and people with criminal backgrounds occupy seats in parliament.

May 2, 2012 at 1:14 PM

New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi has clarified that a private member's bill on restraining the media, which was submitted by Meenakshi Natarajan contains the personal views of the lawmaker, and added that she did not take the approval of Rahul Gandhi before submitting it.

May 2, 2012 at 9:30 AM

May 1, 2012 at 9:09 PM

Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), May 1 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an honest man, but one who was unable to freely take decisions, and is being remote controlled.

May 1, 2012 at 7:46 PM

Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), May 1 (ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an honest man, but one who was unable to freely take decisions, and is being remote controlled.

May 1, 2012 at 6:58 PM

Raipur (Chhattisgarh), May 1 (ANI): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev began the third phase of his nationwide tour on Tuesday from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, to fight corruption in public life and unearth unaccounted money stashed to off shore banks.

April 30, 2012 at 4:10 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): The enigmatic allure of the 'anti-corruption' agitation spearheaded by Anna Hazare and his brigade has no doubt captured the imagination of the common masses. For nearly a year, it remained the burning topic for electronic as well as print media. One of the reasons behind this larger-than-life transformation is that Team Anna's movement has been able to hit the government where it hurts the most.

April 30, 2012 at 2:34 PM

Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), April 30 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare is all set to launch his five-week long tour of Maharashtra from Tuesday to create awareness for a strong Lokayukta bill, an aide has said.

April 30, 2012 at 12:42 PM

Ralegan Siddhi, Apr 30 (AN): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare has said the four-year prison sentence given to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Bangaru Laxman on charges of bribery is to feeble to strike fear in the hearts of all corrupt politicians.

April 29, 2012 at 7:22 PM

Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Reiterating that cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to Rajya Sabha was the Congress' "dirtiest play", Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray Sunday said the party has an ulterior motive in the move.

April 28, 2012 at 3:46 PM

New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi on Saturday said veteran social activist Anna Hazare is quite right as far as the use of money power and liquor in the elections is concerned, and emphasized that the federal authority responsible for administering all the electoral processes in India is taking a lot of steps to stop the use of these two inducements.

April 28, 2012 at 3:06 PM

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday criticised the Congress party for nominating cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha, calling it a ploy to distract public attention.

April 28, 2012 at 1:38 PM

New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday termed veteran social activist Anna Hazare's remark that voters were not informed enough and could be influenced by money and alcohol to be his personal opinion, and emphasized that it believes people of the country vote with full honesty and integrity.

April 28, 2012 at 1:38 PM

New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): Congress Party on Saturday termed veteran social activist Anna Hazare's remark that voters were not informed enough and could be influenced by money and alcohol to be a contradictory statement, saying there is a need to fight against corruption right from the bottom.

April 27, 2012 at 11:46 AM

New Delhi, Apr 27 (ANI): Supreme Court lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan has alleged that there is major corruption in defence deals and named a middleman, who is also the son of a lawmaker, as one of the persons involved.

April 26, 2012 at 11:06 PM

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Team Anna Thursday released a set of documents that allude to "kickbacks and money laundering" in several defence and commercial deals of the Indian government, alleging that top government functionaries were aware of these.

April 26, 2012 at 9:30 PM

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Team Anna Thursday released a set of documents that allude to "kickbacks and money laundering" in several defence and commercial deals of the Indian government, alleging that top government functionaries were aware of these.

April 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM

Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) The central government is in favour of enacting a model law of Lokayukta so that all states can adopt their own act according to it, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said Thursday.

April 26, 2012 at 11:29 AM

Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) As a precursor to the proposed state tour for a strong Lokayukta bill, social activist Anna Hazare started his two-day consultations with all political parties to evolve a consensus on the issue, an official said here Thursday.

April 25, 2012 at 7:01 PM

New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to implement the United Nations (UN) convention against corruption, to which India is a signatory.

April 24, 2012 at 2:53 PM

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Two of the three mediators named by Maoists to negotiate the release of Chhattisgarh district collector Alex Paul Menon have refused to join talks. While lawyer Prashant Bhushant said he could not mediate while Menon was still in Maoist custody, tribal leader Manish Kunjam cited political reasons.

April 24, 2012 at 1:08 PM

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Supreme Court lawyer and prominent Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan has declined to mediate on behalf of the Maoists who have kidnapped Chhattisgarh's Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon.

April 23, 2012 at 6:32 PM

Anti Corruption crusader Anna Hazare, while speaking on Sunday's drama that there is any rift in his team following the
Ramdev and Mufti Shameem Kazmi episode. He was responding to media at Delhi airport before going the his native village
Ralegan Siddhi in Maharastra.

April 23, 2012 at 11:56 AM

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Denying a rift in his team, social activist Anna Hazare Monday said he will not tour with yoga guru Baba Ramdev but share the stage wherever needed in the course of their nationwide campaign against graft.

April 22, 2012 at 9:51 PM

April 22, 2012 at 8:44 PM

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A major rift emerged at a Team Anna core committee meeting in suburban Noida Sunday with member Mufti Shamoon Qasmi being asked to stay away from the proceedings after he was reportedly found recording discussions on his mobile phone and transmitting it outside.

April 22, 2012 at 6:04 PM

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A major rift emerged at a Team Anna core committee meeting in suburban Noida Sunday with one member being asked to stay away from the proceedings after he was reportedly found recording discussions on his mobile phone and transmitting it outside.

April 22, 2012 at 12:53 PM

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Key members of Team Anna are meeting Sunday to discuss the group's future strategy, including their alliance with yoga guru Baba Ramdev, to fight corruption and press for a strong anti-graft ombudsman Lokpal, sources said.

April 20, 2012 at 4:13 PM

Gurgaon, April 20 (IANS) Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev will jointly sit on a day's token fast in Delhi June 3 to press for a strong Lokpal bill and to mobilise opinion against black money.

April 19, 2012 at 8:05 PM

Pune, Apr 19 (ANI): Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday said he would hold talks with several stakeholders ahead of his scheduled state tour to awaken the people in India about the need to have a strong anti-graft law to combat the rampant corruption.

April 16, 2012 at 10:03 PM

Gurgaon, April 16 (IANS) A city court Monday sent to 14 days in jail four Anna Hazare supporters who wanted to install a statue of the anti-graft activist here in spite of refusal of permission from the authorities.

April 13, 2012 at 9:15 PM

Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Denying that yoga guru Baba Ramdev is close to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), his close aide Balkrishna said Friday he had never joined hands with the Sangh for any political campaign or promoted any of its programmes.

April 13, 2012 at 3:07 PM

April 10, 2012 at 6:50 PM

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Anna Hazare Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to order an inquiry into the recent developments in the defence ministry by an authority independent of the government.

April 9, 2012 at 8:03 PM

Panaji, April 9 (IANS) Social networking sites and Team Anna were the key factors in upping Goa's voting figures from 63 percent to a stunning 82.8 percent in last month's assembly elections, Goan pop star Remo Fernandes said Monday.

April 9, 2012 at 3:31 PM

New York, Apr 9 (ANI): Russian spy Anna Chapman was living at the time of her arrest in June 2010 with a high powered New York lawyer who had told his friends that she gave him "the best sex" he'd ever had.

April 9, 2012 at 10:42 AM

London, Mar 31 (ANI): The tombstone which marks the graves of Adolf Hitler's parents in Austria has been removed as the site was becoming a pilgrimage spot for right-wing extremists, according to officials.

April 9, 2012 at 10:41 AM

Chennai, Mar.31 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J.Jayalalithaa on Saturday revoked the expulsion of close aide Sasikala, days after she apologised and disowned some members of her family for creating fissures with her "elder sister".

April 8, 2012 at 8:25 PM

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The fight for Delhi Municipal Corporation has intensified with the two major political parties, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) releasing their election manifestos here, promising development and growth.

April 8, 2012 at 4:10 PM

Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) Social crusader Anna Hazare travelled from his native village Ralegan-Siddhi Mumbai for inaugurating an exhibition of photographs taken by the driver of a TV OB (outside broadcast) van.

April 7, 2012 at 6:25 PM

Jaipur, April 7 (IANS) Activist Anna Hazare, union minister Jairam Ramesh and 11 journalist, including Anil Sharma who writes for Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) from Jaipur, have been selected for awards by an international NGO working for animal rights, environment and public health, a representative said Saturday.

April 6, 2012 at 3:38 PM

April 6, 2012 at 2:57 PM

Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) Team Anna has launched a pan-India SMS card to spread information about the campaign against corruption. One crore cards, priced at Rs.25, have been issued in the first phase and are doing brisk business in Uttar Pradesh.

April 6, 2012 at 11:13 AM

Ralegan Siddhi/Bhopal, Apr 6 (ANI): Taking a dig at the Central Government over failing to deal with corruption, social activist Anna Hazare said the former is scared of losing its ground in the current democratic setup.

April 4, 2012 at 5:12 PM

New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) With most political parties at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's all-party meet on March 23 in favour of separating the institution of Lokayuktas in states from the much debated bill to set up a Lokpal, the cabinet has to now take a call on the issue.

April 4, 2012 at 11:38 AM

This movement led by a down to earth, simple living and simple conversing social worker, named Anna Hazare took the centre stage of all political debates and drama. Now Anna Hazare and India's anti corruption movement are spoken with the same breath and force and we all know they are inseparable.

April 3, 2012 at 4:16 PM

New Delhi/Ghaziabad, Apr 3 (ANI): Union Transport Minister C P Joshi on Tuesday refused to comment on a World Bank report highlighting prevalent corruption and fraud in national highway projects funded by the bank.

April 3, 2012 at 11:52 AM

Kaushambi (Ghaziabad), Apr 3 (ANI): Team Anna member and RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal has slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party led- Himachal Pradesh government for drafting what he called 'a weak Lokayukta Bill'.

April 2, 2012 at 9:20 PM

April 2, 2012 at 8:08 PM

Ghaziabad/New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) It was Team Anna versus the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday as the activists rejected the 'very weak' Lokayukta bill drafted by Himachal Pradesh's BJP government, and the party hit back saying Team Anna does not have a monopoly in deciding which bill is good or bad.

April 2, 2012 at 6:56 PM

New Delhi, Apr 2 (ANI): With the political battle intensifying for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls scheduled on April 15, several independent candidates in the fray this time are approaching the members of civil society to campaign for them.

April 2, 2012 at 12:05 PM

New Delhi, Apr 2 (ANI): Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and social activist Kiran Bedi has accused all political parties of delaying the introduction of an electoral reforms bill to cleanse the country's political system which she says is 'mired in corruption'.

April 1, 2012 at 4:13 PM

New Delhi, Apr 1 (ANI): Team Anna member Kumar Viswas on Sunday downplayed the contention of Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Markandey Katju, who noted that the Lokpal body suggested by the civil society members could turn 'Frankenstein monster' and even double or triple corruption in the country.

April 1, 2012 at 3:41 PM

New Delhi, Apr.1 (ANI): Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Virbhadra Singh on Sunday sent a legal notice to civil society activist Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to give an unconditional apology for naming him as one of the 14 Cabinet Ministers who were corrupt or had a criminal past.

March 31, 2012 at 10:08 PM

Chennai, March 31 (IANS) Advocate and Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement member Prashant Bhushan Saturday charged the central government of stifling democratic protests by filing cases against protestors against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).

March 31, 2012 at 8:48 PM

New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The demand for a stronger anti-graft Lokpal legislation found a supporter in Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju, who Saturday urged parliament to send the bill back to the standing committee for considering creation of a workable probe agency against corruption.

March 31, 2012 at 3:28 PM

The Congress' woes seem endless. No sooner had the party experienced a resounding rebuff in the recent assembly elections than it had to gird its loins to face a series of unprecedented challenges from the Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. V.K. Singh.

March 31, 2012 at 1:12 PM

Sydney, Mar 31 (ANI): The Julia Gillard Government in Australia has renewed its attacks on WikiLeaks, slamming the whistle blowing website for its 'reckless, and dangerous' disclosures of secret information.

March 30, 2012 at 1:45 PM

Kaushambi (Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh), mar.30 (ANI): Most Members of Parliament (MPs) are not respectable, said Team Anna member and Right to Information (RTI) activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, adding that he would gladly receive and respond to the privilege notice sent to him by the parliamentarians.

March 30, 2012 at 12:25 PM

New Delhi, Mar 30 (ANI): Slamming Team Anna for using derogatory and unparliamentary remarks in their speeches against the country's lawmakers over the dealay in the passage of the Lokpal Bill, Samajwadi Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday called them a 'den of criminals'.

March 30, 2012 at 11:29 AM

Kaushambi (Ghaziabad), Mar 30 (ANI): In order to offer a solution to people distressed due to continuous apathy from the administration, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has said citizens might soon refrain from payment of their taxes.

March 28, 2012 at 5:28 PM

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare after his day long token fast once again has repeated his words about the
Members of Parliament (PM) saying that Parliament is a temple of democracy and only 'pure people' have the right to.......

March 28, 2012 at 4:32 PM

Ralegan Siddhi, Mar 28 (ANI): As parliamentarians across the political spectrum slammed Team Anna for using derogatory remarks against Members of Parliament, veteran social activist Ann Hazare on Wednesday said only 'pure people' have a right to sit in Parliament.